God Sent You to Finish the Race

By 7 p.m. on October 20, 1968, at the Mexico City Olympics Stadium, it was beginning to darken. It had cooled down as well.

The last of the Olympic marathon ...

The Democracy of Suffering

The kingdom of suffering is a democracy, and we all stand in it or alongside it with nothing but our naked humanity.

Failure and Perseverance

When he was seven years old, his family was forced out of their home on a legal technicality, and he had to work to help support them. At age nine, his ...

Toil Builds Character

The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

Patience in Suffering

He is not truly patient who will suffer only as much as he pleases or from whom he pleases. A truly patient man gives no heed from whom he suffers, whether ...

Worship When You Feel Weary

"I can't do it!" I cried to God. "I can't handle the housework, my work, the loneliness of a husband who works so much." Then ...

Endurance Takes a Big Heart

A recent television documentary pointed out that the cheetah survives on the African plains by running down its prey. The big cat can sprint seventy miles ...

Lessons of Waiting

Second only to suffering, waiting may be the greatest teacher and trainer in godliness, maturity, and genuine spirituality most of us ever encounter.

The End of Judas

Think of Judas. Judas decided to follow Jesus. Judas heard Jesus teach. He went out two by two with the others, healing the sick and exorcising demons. ...

Fortified Within

There are two ways of handling pressure. One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that ...